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CHAP. XII. 
winnowed away, and the bodies dried in the sun, or some¬ 
times fried in fat, and then kept in sacks for food, or sent to 
the markets for sale. In some parts of Ankova and in the 
provinces of the Betsileo to the southward, grasshoppers and 
silkworms, in the chrysalis state, are collected in large quanti¬ 
ties, cooked and eaten as food, or offered for sale. 
CATCHING LOCUSTS. 
The market at this place "was small, and only a few articles 
were exhibited; but the markets in this province are, many 
of them, especially those held near the capital, attended by 
multitudes of people from the surrounding villages, and con¬ 
tain every kind of manufacture both native and foreign, as 
well as all kinds of native produce and articles of food. At 
